diff --git a/worker/Dockerfile b/worker/Dockerfile
index 4fd5572..1ffe447 100644
--- a/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 ### Multi-stage build: compile TypeScript in a builder image, produce a smaller runtime image
-### IMPORTANT: Dokploy will set build context to worker/ directory automatically
-### All COPY paths must be relative to worker/ (use ../ to access parent repo root)
+### IMPORTANT: Dokploy must set dockerContextPath="." (repo root) in database
+### This allows the build to access package.json and other files from repo root
+### Dockerfile path should be "worker/Dockerfile"
 
 FROM node:20 AS builder
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
-# Copy package manifests from parent directory and install all deps (including dev) for build
-COPY ../package.json ../package-lock.json ./
+# Copy package manifests and install all deps (including dev) for build
+COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
 RUN npm ci --silent
 
-# Copy entire project from parent directory and compile TypeScript
-COPY ../ .
+# Copy entire project and compile TypeScript
+COPY . .
 # Try to compile the project; if there is no TS config for worker, keep files as-is
 RUN npx tsc -p tsconfig.json --outDir dist || echo "tsc exit code ignored"
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ FROM node:20-alpine AS runner
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
 # Install only production dependencies
-COPY ../package.json ../package-lock.json ./
+COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
 RUN npm ci --production --silent
 
 # Copy compiled output from builder (if present) and essential runtime files